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Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework Bugs Plague WordPress Sites
Two vulnerabilities in the site-building plugin could be useful tools in the hands of a skilled attacker, researchers warned.
LockBit Jumps Its Own Countdown, Publishes Bangkok Air Files
The ransomware gang claims to have pulled off successful attacks against two airlines and one airport with help from its Accenture attack.
BEC Scammers Seek Native English Speakers on Underground
Cybercrooks are posting help-wanted ads on dark web forums, promising to do the technical work of compromising email accounts but looking for native English speakers to carry out the social-engineering part of these lucrative scams.
Feds Warn of Ransomware Attacks Ahead of Labor Day
Threat actors recently have used long holiday weekends -- when many staff are taking time off -- as a prime opportunity to ambush organizations.
This is why the Mozi botnet will linger on
The botnet continues to haunt IoT devices, and likely will for some time to come.Cream Finance platform pilfered for over $34 million in cryptocurrency
The project has promised to cover losses suffered by its users.Scam artists are recruiting English speakers for business email campaigns
Finding fluent speakers is becoming important to criminals conducting business-based attacks.Fortress Home Security Open to Remote Disarmament
A pair of unpatched security vulnerabilities can allow unauthenticated cyberattackers to turn off window, door and motion-sensor monitoring.
Cream Finance DeFi Platform Rooked For $29M
Cream is latest DeFi platform to get fleeced in rash of attacks.
Proxyware Services Open Orgs to Abuse – Report
Services that let consumers resell their bandwidth for money are ripe for abuse, researchers warn.
Flaw in the Quebec vaccine passport: analysis
ESET's cybersecurity expert Marc-Étienne Léveillé analyses in-depth the Quebec's vaccine proof apps VaxiCode and VaxiCode Verif.
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Faille dans la preuve vaccinale Québécoise : analyse
Les chercheurs d’ESET expliquent les détails d’une faille découverte dans VaxiCode Vérif, l’application mobile permettant la vérification des preuves vaccinales québécoise
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Back-to-Basics: Think Before You Click
As small and medium businesses begin to re-open following the pandemic, it’s important to do so securely in order to protect customer’s payment card data. Too often, data breaches happen as a result of vulnerabilities that are entirely preventable. The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has developed a set of payment protection resources for small businesses. In this 8-part back-to-basics series, we highlight payment security basics for protecting against payment data theft. Today’s blog focuses on thinking before you click.
Don’t use single‑factor authentication, warns CISA
The federal agency urges organizations to ditch the bad practice and instead use multi-factor authentication methods
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WooCommerce Pricing Plugin Allows Malicious Code-Injection
The popular Dynamic Pricing and Discounts plugin from Envato can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers.
QNAP Is Latest to Get Dinged by OpenSSL Bugs Fallout
The NAS maker issued two security advisories about the RCE and DoS flaws, adding to a flurry of advisories from the vast array of companies whose products use OpenSSL.
Top 3 APIs Vulnerabilities: Why Apps are Owned by Cyberattackers
Jason Kent, hacker-in-residence at Cequence, talks about how cybercriminals target apps and how to thwart them.
Cyberattackers are now quietly selling off their victim's internet bandwidth
Proxyware is yet another way for criminals to generate revenue from their victims.Initial Access Broker use, stolen account sales spike in cloud service cyberattacks
Current trends also include the abuse of Docker images.LockFile Ransomware Uses Never-Before Seen Encryption to Avoid Detection
Researchers from Sophos discovered the emerging threat in July, which exploits the ProxyShell vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange servers to attack systems.